THE NAVY IN THE CIVIL WAR
Published 1883, 1885

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VOLUME I
THE BLOCKADE AND THE CRUISERS

BY
JAMES RUSSEL SOLEY
PROFESSOR, U.S. NAVY

APPENDIX B.

VESSELS CONSTRUCTED OR PROJECTED, 1861-1865.

UNARMORED VESSELS.

Name

Guns

Tonnage

Remarks

Ammonoosuc Class

7 screw-sloops:

17-19[1]

3,213-3,7131

 

 

Ammonoosuc (Iowa)

17

3,213

 

 

Bon Homme Richard

26

3,213

Never built

 

Chattanooga

17

3,233

Sunk and afterwards sold, 1872

 

Medawaska (Tennessee)

17

3,281

 

 

Neshaminy (Nevada)

17

3,213

Sold, 1877

 

Pompanoosuc (Connecticut)

19

3,713

 

 

Wampanoag (Florida)

15

3,281

 

Idaho Class

1 screw-sloop:

 

Idaho

8

2,368

 

Java Class

8 screw-sloops, spar deck:

25

3,177

 

 

Antietam

25

3,177

 

 

Guerriere

25

3,177

Sold, 1872

 

Illinois

25

3,177

 

 

Java

25

3,177

On the stocks, 1874

 

Kewaydin (Pennsylvania)

25

3,177

 

 

Minnetonka (California)

25

3,177

Sold, 1875

 

Ontario (New York)

25

3,177

 

 

Piscataqua (Delaware)

25

3,177

 

Hassalo Class

2 screw-sloops, spar deck:

25

3,365

 

 

Hassalo

13

3,365

Never built

 

Watauga

13

3,365

Never built

Contoocook Class

10 screw-sloops, clippers, single deck:

13

2,348

 

 

Arapahoe

13

2,348

Never built

 

Contoocook (Albany)

13

2,348

Never built

 

Keosauqua

13

2,348

Never built

 

Manitou (Worcester)

13

2,348

Never built

 

Mondamin

13

2,348

Never built

 

Mosholu (Severn)

13

2,348

Sold, 1877

 

Pushmataha (Congress)

13

2,348

Never built

 

Tahgayuta

13

2,348

Never built

 

Wanalosett

13

2,348

Never built

 

Willamette

13

2,348

Never built

Kearsarge Class

4 screw-sloops:

8-10

1,023 (avg.)

 

 

Kearsarge

7

1,031

 

 

Oneida

9

1,032

Sunk, Yedo, 1870

 

Tuscarora

10

997

 

 

Wachusett

9

1,032

 

Shenandoah Class

6 screw-sloops:

8-16

1,367-1,533

 

 

Canandaigua

9

1,395

 

 

Lackawanna

9

1,533

 

 

Monongahela

9

1,378

 

 

Sacramento

9

1,367

Wrecked, 1867

 

Shenandoah

9

1,378

 

 

Ticonderoga

9

1,533

 

Ossipee Class

4 screw-sloops:

10-13

1,240

 

 

Juniata

9

1,240

 

 

Ossipee

9

1,240

 

 

Adirondack

9

1,240

Wrecked, near Abaco, Aug. 23, 1862

 

Housatonic

9

1,240

Sunk (torpedo), Feb. 17, 1864

Serapis Class

8 screw-sloops:

12

1,380

 

 

Algoma (Benicia)

12

1,380

Launched, 1869

 

Confiance

12

1,380

Not built

 

Detroit

12

1,380

Not built

 

Meredosia

12

1,380

Not built

 

Peacock

12

1,380

Not built

 

Serapis

12

1,380

Not built

 

Taghkanic

12

1,380

Not built

 

Talladega

12

1,380

Not built

Resaca Class

4 screw-sloops:

8

831-900

 

 

Nantasket

10

900

 

 

Quinnebaug

10

831

 

 

Resaca

10

900

Sold

 

Swatara

10

831

 

Nipsic Class

8 screw-sloops:

7-12

593

 

 

Kansas

8

593

 

 

Maumee

4

593

Sold, 1869

 

Nipsic

4

593

 

 

Nyack

3

593

 

 

Pequot

4

593

Sold, 1869

 

Saco

3

593

 

 

Shawmut

3

593

 

 

Yantic

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Unadilla Class

23 screw-gunboats:

4-7

507

 

 

Aroostook

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Sold, 1869

 

Cayuga

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